Section vs Woodville

A side-by-side comparison of Section and Woodville: population, income, housing, and more.

Section and Woodville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodville has the higher population (1,015 vs 998 in Section). Woodville has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $35,417 in Section). Woodville has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $135,700 in Section).

Population, income & housing

	Section	Woodville
Population	998	1,015
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$50,000
Median home value	$135,700	$168,800
Median gross rent	$705	$527
Housing units	414	415
Homeownership rate	70.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Section	Woodville
Population	971 → 998 (+2.8%)	794 → 1,015 (+27.8%)
Median household income	$32,212 → $35,417 (+9.9%)	$29,844 → $50,000 (+67.5%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $135,700 (+39.2%)	$95,500 → $168,800 (+76.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $705 (+19.9%)	$682 → $527 (-22.7%)

Section

Population

971998

Median household income

$32,212$35,417

Median home value

$97,500$135,700

Median gross rent

$588$705

Woodville

Population

7941,015

Median household income

$29,844$50,000

Median home value

$95,500$168,800

Median gross rent

$682$527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Section	Woodville
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	24.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.2%
75 and over	6.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Section	Woodville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Section	Woodville
No high school diploma	23.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Section	Woodville
Drove alone	79.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Section	Woodville
1-unit, detached	69.8%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Section	Woodville
Poverty rate	23.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1977	1977